Jacking instructions – Jeep 2011 Wrangler User Manual

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Jacking Instructions

WARNING!

Carefully follow these tire changing warnings to
help prevent personal injury or damage to your
vehicle:
Always park on a firm, level surface as far from

the edge of the roadway as possible before raising
the vehicle.

Turn on the Hazard Warning flasher.
Block the wheel diagonally opposite the wheel to

be raised.

Set the parking brake firmly and set an automatic

transmission in PARK; a manual transmission in
REVERSE.

Never start or run the engine with the vehicle on a

jack.

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WARNING! (Continued)

Do not let anyone sit in the vehicle when it is on a

jack.

Do not get under the vehicle when it is on a jack.

Only use the jack in the positions indicated and

for lifting this vehicle during a tire change.

If working on or near a roadway, be extremely

careful of motor traffic.

To assure that spare tires, flat or inflated, are

securely stowed, spares must be stowed with the
valve stem facing the ground.

Jack Warning Label

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WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES

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